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Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Leaked documents show human intervention at almost every stage of Facebook's news operation — Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organization — Leaked documents show how Facebook …
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Justin Oskofsky / Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook explains how Trending Topics works, publishes internal guidelines, reiterates that discrimination against sources of any political origin isn't allowed — At Facebook, we stand for connecting every person — for a global community, for bringing people together, for giving all people a voice …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook director of product management for News Feed says injecting a point of view doesn't scale, Trending Topics team's priority is bug fixing — A year ago today, Facebook introduced Instant Articles — a quick-loading news format, hosted on Facebook's own servers …
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Charter-TWC Deal Clears Final Hurdle With California Approval — California Public Utilities Commission votes for merger — Deal for New No. 2 U.S. cable provider could next week — Charter Communications Inc. won final regulatory approval to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. and become …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC white paper: Broadcaster to be regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by new unitary board — The BBC is set to regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by a unitary board appointed by the government and the BBC itself. — The move means Ofcom, rather than the BBC Trust …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC to contribute £8M to fund 150 local journalists at news organizations around the UK
BBC to contribute £8M to fund 150 local journalists at news organizations around the UK
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Oliver Wright / The Independent:
BBC iPlayer catch-up viewers to pay full licence fee as part of changes announced by government
BBC iPlayer catch-up viewers to pay full licence fee as part of changes announced by government
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CBS News:
60 Minutes' Morley Safer retires after 46 seasons — Longtime CBS newsman Morley Safer retires after a career spanning seven decades, unmatched for its impact, scope and style — Morley Safer, the CBS newsman and 60 Minutes' longest-serving correspondent, will formally retire this week.
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook changes video ad rules after Mic tests new banner ad overlays on editorial content, forcing Mic to remove ads — Publisher had placed custom banner ads atop video content, then Facebook shut down the tactic — It isn't unusual for Facebook 's advertising and content policies …
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Financial Times:
Sources: private equity group General Atlantic is frontrunner for controlling stake in oil-price reporting agency Argus Media at valuation of about $1.38B — General Atlantic has emerged as the frontrunner in an auction to buy a controlling stake in Argus Media, which would value the energy reporting company at around £950m.
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Music-licensing group ASCAP agrees to pay $1.75M to settle DOJ charge that it blocked members from independently licensing their songs — The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, better known as the music licensing firm ASCAP, agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle …
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Lynn Berry / Associated Press:
Hackers publish names and contact information for 4.5K journalists accredited to report from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine — MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Ukrainian hackers has published the names and contact information of thousands of journalists who have reported from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine …
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Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Apple Destroyed My Will to Collect Music — I once used iTunes to organize albums, bootlegs, demos, and deep cuts—until it made that nearly impossible. Will Apple Music finish the job? — Last week, an astonishing blog post by a man named James Pinkstone circulated on social media.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Apple denies report that it will end iTunes music downloads within the next few years
Apple denies report that it will end iTunes music downloads within the next few years
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John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
FCC's Tom Wheeler defends broadband privacy proposal at Senate subcommittee hearing — Wheeler says it is simply extending historic privacy compact to broadband net … FCC chairman Tom Wheeler told senators at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday that his broadband privacy proposal was an effort …